maizen.adj.
/meɪz/, U.S. /meɪz/ 1.
a. A cereal grass of Central American origin, Zea mays, having a terminal male inflorescence (the tassel) and axillary female flowers that form starchy grains (caryopses) embedded in rows in a central core (the cob); also called Indian corn and (esp. North American) corn. Also (with distinguishing word): any of certain other plants.milo, pod, water maize: see the first element.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > maize plants
maizea1544
Indian wheat1578
Guinea wheat1598
corn1608
sweet corn1646
Virginia wheat1651
soft corn1751
zea1760
popcorn1838
pod corn1884
pod maize1904
a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 168 Thei have plentie of mais and other rotes wherof thei make brede.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii. 21 In steed of corn they sow Maith [Fr. ils sement du Maith], which is a kind of grosse Mill.
1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. C1 Pagatowr a kinde of graine so called by the inhabitants; the same in the West Indies is called Mayze: English men call it Guinney wheate or Turkie wheate.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. i. 561 The fields of Mais the great stalkes whereof were trodden downe.
1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 28 There is a kinde of great wheat called Maix, of some it is called Guinea wheat.
1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 17 They [sc. Racoons] feed upon Mass, and do infest our Indian Corn very much.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 73 Maze, otherwise called Turkie-wheat, or rather Indian-wheat, because it came first from thence.
1757 W. Collins Oriental Eclogues iii. 13 'Tis sweet..to..scent the breathing maze at setting day.
1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 243 Maize..is planted in hillocks three feet apart.
1804 Sydney Gaz. 4 Mar. 4/2 To be disposed of by Private Contract, a good Farm... The Standing Crop, comprising 8 acres of Maize in perfect forwardness, may also be taken at a fair valuation.
1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii. 3 Shocks of yellow hair, like the silken floss of the maize.
1861 E. B. Tylor Anahuac ix. 228 The Mexicans were cultivating maize and tobacco when the Spaniards invaded the country.
1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants iv. 36 AS a first instance of a Monocotyledonous seed we may study the grain of the Maize.
1930 Ann. Appl. Biol. 17 623 Our maize streak virus was taken from a naturally streaked maize plant.
1988 T. Dangarembga Nervous Conditions ii. 21 By February my maize was dark green, taller than me and still growing.
b. The grain produced by the plant Zea mays (see sense 1a).
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > maize
maizea1544
Turkey corn1597
turkey wheat1598
Indian corn1604
Indian1641
Turkish wheat1670
mealies1801
kanga1843
a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 173 The indies of this contreie do ete of brede made with mais wch maketh good brede and is of moch sustenaunce.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 3v This kynde of grayne, they call Maizium.
1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 540 Mayis maketh good sauory bread.
1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 530 A kind of corne called Maise, in bignes of a pease, the eare whereof is much like to a teasell.
1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 15v Throughout the western Islands they make bread of a kind of wheat called Mahiz.
1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 3 It hath also for bread sufficient Mais, Cassaui.
a1626 F. Bacon Med. Rem. in Wks. (1857) III. 828 Take of Indian maiz half a pound.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 250 Mays is not so easily brought to Fermentation.
1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 101 Maize is said to contain no gluten, and little..saccharine matter.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xvii. 232 They..Beat to death poor Pau-Puk-Keewis, Pounded him as maize is pounded.
1894 Cent. Mag. Apr. 849 The first generations of English-Americans subsisted mainly on maize.
1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story Henry Sugar 219 They gave me a shell filled with a thick grey intoxicating fluid made of fermented maize.
1987 Christian Aid News Jan.–Mar. 3/1 Zimbabwe..now has over a million tonnes of surplus maize.
2. A pale yellow resembling that of maize; a coal tar dye of this colour. Frequently denoting a colour of cloth or dress material. Also as adj.: of a pale yellow colour like that of maize.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs
weldc1374
turmeric1545
yellow berry1652
fust1682
Avignon berry1728
eel-pout1736
yellowroot1755
quercitron1785
brass-colour1797
fustet1821
tesu1823
morin1833
datiscin1835
maize1838
picric acid1838
xanthin1838
moric acid1839
purree1844
nitrophenisic acid1845
rubiacin1848
flavin1853
orellin1857
fustic1858
maize colour1859
fusteric1860
Manchester yellow1862
chrysaniline1864
ilixanthin1865
flavaniline1882
sun-yellow1884
butter yellow1887
African turmeric1888
Indian turmeric1890
weld yellow1899
1838 E. Grosvenor Jrnl. 9 June in G. Huxley Lady Elizabeth & Grosvenors (1965) iii. 78 Succeeded in finding..a maize and silver gown.
1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xiii. 244 If a happy sea-green could be met with, the gown was to be sea-green; if not she inclined to maize.
1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton ii, in Scenes Clerical Life I. 32 Maize is a colour that decidedly did not suit his complexion.
1890 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. I. 263 The sodium salt of azoxystilbene-disulphonic acid..known in commerce as ‘sun yellow’ or ‘maize’.
1923 Daily Mail 15 June 6 (advt.) Crepe de Chine..newest shades, including: Pale Pink,..Maize, Lemon.
1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 19/3 (advt.) Rambler Rogue, 1970, 5500 miles, maize with cognac trim.
1986 T. McGuane To skin Cat (1989) 66 Among the key effects Betty brought to the lake was Jack's stadium blanket in blue and maize, his school colors.
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C1. General attributive.
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maize beer n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > other kinds of beer
spruce beerc1500
March beer1535
Lubecks beer1608
zythum1608
household beer1616
bottle1622
mumc1623
old beer1626
six1631
four1633
maize beer1663
mum beer1667
vinegar beer1677
wrest-beer1689
nog1693
October1705
October beer1707
ship-beer1707
butt beer1730
starting beer1735
butt1743
peterman1767
seamen's beer1795
chang1800
treacle beer1806
stock beer1826
Iceland beer1828
East India pale ale1835
India pale ale1837
faro1847
she-oak1848
Bass1849
bitter beer1850
bock1856
treble X1856
Burton1861
nettle beer1864
honey beer1867
pivo1873
Lambic1889
steam beer1898
barley-beer1901
gueuze1926
Kriek1936
best1938
rough1946
keg1949
IPA1953
busaa1967
mbege1972
microbrew1985
microbeer1986
yeast-beer-
1663 Minute 11 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 206 Dr. Merret moved, that some spirit might be drawn out of this Maiz-beer.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 450 In South America a kind of beer called Chicha or Maize beer is made from the grain.
2005 Financial Mail (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 27 Once again African maize beer has been excused a duty increase. Duty on malt beer will rise by 9,5%.
maize bread n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > maize bread
pone1634
Indian bread1654
maize bread1663
kankie1735
hoecake1745
corn-bread1775
pone breadc1785
crackling-bread1834
Awendaw1847
piki1859
1663 Minute 11 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 206 Beer brewed of Maiz-bread.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv Baskets..freighted with..maize-bread.
1990 D. Bristow & S. Motjuwadi Soweto iii. 57 Mbaqanga is African maize bread that..fills a void to leave one feeling full and satisfied.
2003 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 14 Oct. (Food section) E7/4 In the Twi language it [sc. dukunno] means boiled maize bread.
maize cob n.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > maize > head or cob
ear of corna1425
ear1679
mealie cob1859
maize cob1882
1882 Times 30 May 6/2 A maize cob was to be bought at the same rate [sc. of five cowries].
1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society i. 29 The boys carry supplies of vegetable food such as..green maize-cobs for the party.
2003 Afr. Amer. Rev. 37 633/2 A roasted maize cob for lunch.
maize colour n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs
weldc1374
turmeric1545
yellow berry1652
fust1682
Avignon berry1728
eel-pout1736
yellowroot1755
quercitron1785
brass-colour1797
fustet1821
tesu1823
morin1833
datiscin1835
maize1838
picric acid1838
xanthin1838
moric acid1839
purree1844
nitrophenisic acid1845
rubiacin1848
flavin1853
orellin1857
fustic1858
maize colour1859
fusteric1860
Manchester yellow1862
chrysaniline1864
ilixanthin1865
flavaniline1882
sun-yellow1884
butter yellow1887
African turmeric1888
Indian turmeric1890
weld yellow1899
1859 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 3 Dec. 120/2 The floor was spread with Indian matting in maize-colour and red.
2003 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel 27 Apr. (Entree section) 079 I painted the living room a light maize color.
maize-cutter n.
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1853 Sci. Amer. 12 Nov. 67/1 Cane and Maize cutters..I claim the framing and manner of attaching the knife and arm to the sled.
1960 H. J. Hopfen Farm Implements Arid & Trop. Regions ix. 119 Animal-drawn maize cutter. A simple implement for harvesting the whole stalk can be made by mounting two blades on a wooden sled slightly aslant to the direction of pull.
maize ear n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > head, cob, ear, or inflorescence
tassel1646
roasting ear1651
nubbin1692
grappe1693
cob1702
corn-cob1787
spike1800
ear leaf1835
maize ear1855
tucket1874
ear bud1901
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xiii. 177 Wagemin, the thief of corn-fields, Paimosaid, who steals the maize-ear!
2001 Econ. Devel. & Cultural Change 50 220 Farmers may observe variation in morphological characteristics of the maize ear and use them to define the classes of maize that they grow.
maize farmer n.
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1947 Forum (S. Afr.) 3 May 35/2 Maize-farmers..are becoming aware of the great service that Grenade DDT is performing for them.
1975 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 21/1 Maize farmers..spend a great deal of time and money on ground preparation, seed, fertilisers and weedicide.
2005 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 2 South African commercial maize farmers were expected to plant about 42% less maize in the coming season than last year.
maize field n.
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1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 77 They [sc. birds] assemble by thousands in the maize-fields, and live at discretion.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xiii. 176 All around the happy village Stood the maize-fields.
1988 J. Cartwright Interior xii. 141 The abandoned maize fields had become thick tracts of choking weed.
2006 Observer (Nexis) 1 Jan. 8 Elephants had been trampling his maize field and so he decided to fight back.
maize flour n.
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1819 E. Rigby tr. J. F. L. de Chateauvieux Italy ii. 27 They are fatted with pouture,..and finished with maize-flour.
1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. v. 139 Pastry, for which their maize-flour and sugar supplied ample materials.
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Dec. 25 A pot of maize porridge... Four cups of maize flour, one cup of groundnut flour.
maize garden n.
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1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 263 They..carried her to the grove beyond the maize-gardens.
1957 G. Muldoon Trumpeting Herd xi. 122 The maize gardens were usually quite close to the villages.
1994 Oceania 65 (Electronic ed.) He was accompanied to a small thatched shelter in the midst of a maize garden some 500m away.
maize grain n.
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1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 479 The grains [of Cuzco maize] are four or five times the size of ordinary maize grains.
2002 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 28 567 He kept two tonnes of maize grain with a consumption value close to Z$23,000 for his own household.
maize grits n.
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1901 Oxf. Times 9 Mar. 7/1 [The advertisers] have never used any..maize-grits, or any other substitute for either malt or hops.
1994 Geogr. Jrnl. 160 320/2 Guinness' ‘Merit’ is made from 100 per cent maize grits.
maize harvest n.
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1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. i. 22 I chanced to stop for the night at the house of a gentleman during the maize-harvest.
1890 O. Crawfurd Round Calendar in Portugal 198 The maize-harvest..comes just after the vintaging of the grapes.
2003 N. J. Jacobs Environment, Power, & Injustice vi. 135 The maize harvest..gave households a cushion against dependence on cash.
maize husk n.
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1955 R. Campbell tr. E. de Queiroz City & Mountains 132 In two tiny partitions..lay two pallets of maize-husks.
2001 N. Long Devel. Sociol. vi. 117 Maize husks are the dry leaves that protect the ear of maize and are used in the preparation of tamales, a typical Mexican dish.
maize-husking n. and adj.
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1904 N.E.D. at Maize Maize-husking.
1952 Primitive Man 25 65 The maize husking pin of the Chaco and of eastern North America.
maize malt n.
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1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 271/1 Americans are now making beer largely from maize meal and maize malt.
1935 Agric. Hist. 9 113 Maize malt is prepared in the same manner as any other malt, but malting takes longer.
1998 Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (U.K.) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 21 The New Trent Malting Company, a subsidiary of the brewery at Crowle Wharf.., manufactured flake maize malt for the brewing trade.
maize meal n.
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1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 3) II. xxii. 303 Their diet..[should] consist principally of maize meal.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 40/2 Their beverage consists of fermented black sugar and water, and sometimes a little ground maize-meal mixed into it.
2004 M. Lundahl Globalization & Southern Afr. Econ. iii. 55 Producer prices of maize and maize meal prices are controlled.
maize oil n.
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1904 N.E.D. at Maize Maize-oil.
1933 Discovery May 158/1 Red palm oil and some samples of maize oil are good sources [of vitamin A].
1999 J. Ranston Lawyer Manley I. iii. 25 Two of the tins smelt of kero-maize oil, and the other two smelt of maize oil.
maize plant n.
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1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. viii. 159 Millions of maize plants upreared their tall stalks.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xvi. 271 The Red Indians looked on Mondamin, the maize-plant; as a gift of a god.
1974 J. B. Finean et al. Membranes & Cellular Functions ii. 21 A single maize plant..can transpire more than two litres of water per day.
2001 Amer. Antiq. 66 507/1 The documented multicropping..does not reduce maize plant density, but it does help smother weeds.
maize poisoning n.
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 801 The special characters of maize poisoning may be due to some peculiarity in the chemical structure of this grain itself.
1933 Jrnl. Hygiene 33 208 On examination no gross lesion was discovered and it was evidently a case of acute maize poisoning.
maize porridge n.
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1953 R. Campbell Mamba's Precipice 40 Honey mixed with maize-porridge and milk.
1991 M. Connell Against Peacock Sky (BNC) 34 When Kalchu brought it fresh hay and water and even maize porridge it remained aloof and indifferent.
2003 Jrnl. Afr. Cultural Stud. 16 124 It should be noted that ordinarily Malawian males do not cook nsima (thick maize porridge).
maize stalk n.
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1896 P. A. Bruce Econ. Hist. Virginia I. 167 Except the juice sucked from the crushed fibre of the maizestalk, they had no knowledge of any spirits.
2002 T. Carnwath & I. Smith Heroin Cent. i. 21 Just before the end of the rainy season,..the poppy seed is sown among the maize stalks.
maize starch n.
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1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 450 The finer qualities of Maize starch are largely used as a substitute for arrowroot.
2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 July (Weekend section) 8 Lower-fat mayonnaise is usually bulked out with..modified maize starch and water, bolstered by extra emulsifiers.
maize straw n.
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1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 299 A hole in the maize-straw thatched roofs served as chimney.
1995 Mod. Asian Stud. 29 861 Some of them [sc. the women] had developed skills in weaving maize straw and rearing livestock and poultry.
maize trough n.
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1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xiii. 176 Your horse is standing at the maize-trough.
2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Spectrum section) 26 These cossetted birds roam free.., occasionally returning to the maize trough when the effort of scratching up dinner becomes too arduous.
maize-whiskey n.
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1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 13 Maize-whiskey could be bought then for fifteen cents a gallon.
1908 Rep. Royal Comm. Whiskey & Other Potable Spirits 125/2 Do you think..that the person who consumed it would derive as much benefit from the American maize whiskey as from our malt whiskey?
2000 R. G. Anderson in P. C. Morris & J. A. Bryce Cereal Biotechnol. ix. 205 Inoculum concentration with Canadian maize whiskey fermentations is usually much lower than that used for Scotch or bourbon fermentations.
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maize-coloured adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow
gull13..
flaxen?1523
palew1547
straw-coloured1585
branlie1589
straw colour1589
flaxy1634
festucine1646
sulphureous1656
flaxenish1661
butter colour1665
strawy1668
straw-yellow1794
bombycinous1796
sulphur-coloured1811
sherry-yellow1813
sulphur-yellow1816
bombasic1825
straw1842
wax-coloured1842
stramineous1845
maize-coloured1852
daffodil1855
daw1856
flax1873
sherry-coloured1875
mastic1890
sulpho-chromic1895
ochroid1897
wheat-coloured1898
sulphurous1899
sulphury1900
tea rose1900
straw-pale1922
1852 E. Ruskin Let. 20 Feb. in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 272 I had on my maize colored Tarletane with red roses.
1861 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 3 263/1 One skein of gold or maize-coloured Russia braid.
1965 Musical Times 105 375/1 The new hood is of square shape, made of red rose damask fully lined with maize coloured silk.
maize-fed adj.
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1877 Nature 28 June 158/1 The Servian soldiery..had no such powers of endurance as the maize-fed Turks.
1986 Times 11 Jan. 33/7 Meat courses embrace maize-fed chicken.
2005 Mirror (Nexis) 9 Nov. 30 Wheat or maize-fed chickens have a distinctive colour.
C2. † maize-bird n. U.S. Obsolete any of various New World blackbirds of the family Icteridae, esp. the red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus.† maize-cream n. Obsolete rare a decoction or gruel of maize or maize meal.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius
maize thief1772
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
red-winged starling1729
red-winged blackbird?1769
maize thief1772
redwing1778
red-winged oriole1785
red-winged troopial1825
redwing blackbird1830
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
swamp blackbird1891
officer1902
1836 R. King Narr. Journey Arctic Ocean II. xviii. 216 The oriolus phœniceus, (golden oriole, or maize-bird).
1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 100 The Agelainæ, or maize-birds.
1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 9 Red-winged maize-bird.
1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 530 Maize-bird, a local name for Agelæus phoeniceus, often called the Red-winged Blackbird.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun]
gruel1362
water gruel?c1450
cullisc1460
chicken brothc1540
coulis1603
barley-milk1607
maize-cream1626
chicken water1684
barley-cream1694
thin gruel1699
viper-broth1702
wangracea1733
barley-gruel1769
beef-tea1783
conjee1789
Revalenta1848
skink1880
toast-water1905
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §49 Indian Maiz..must be throughly boyled, and made into a Maiz-Creame, like a Barley Creame.
1807 J. Sinclair Code Health & Longevity I. 275 Indian maize hath..an excellent spirit of nourishment; but it must be thoroughly boiled, and made into a maize-cream, like a barley-cream.
maize-eater n. (a) a person who or animal which eats maize; †(b) a South American marshbird, Pseudoleistes virescens (family Icteridae) (obsolete).
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1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. viii. 150 The muleteer of Spain, who piques himself on being a maize-eater, and whose honour is not to be questioned without danger.
1878 W. D. Emerson Hist. Indian Corn xi. 293 The rabbit and hare, which might be great maize eaters, are too highly prized as game to be troublesome on a large scale.
1890 Cent. Dict. Maize-eater, a South American maize-bird, Pseudoleistes virescens.
?1919 A. E. Taylor in S. L. Bane & R. H. Lutz Organization Amer. Relief Europe, 1918–19 (1943) vii. 447/3 (table) In consideration of the fact that the peasant of Greater Servia is a maize eater, the total cereals are sufficient to carry the country.
1921 Avicultural Mag. Oct. 150 Another bird I secured..was a Green or Yellow-bellied Maize-eater... The olive-green of this Maize-eater contrasting with a band of canary yellow makes it welcome in a collection of active birds of this type.
2002 K. E. Lane Quito 1599 Introd. 11 Recent analysis shows the ancient Otavalan to have been..a maize eater from about the middle of Peru's Chavín Horizon (c. 500 B.C.E.).
maize paper n. paper made from or containing maize leaf, esp. that used for rolling cigarettes; (also) a yellow-coloured cigarette paper.
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1864 Rep. Comm. Agric. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 436 With so much inflation of paper issues, in so many forms, it is not amazing that the attention of paper-makers should be turned to maize... There is a record of two maize-paper establishments existing in Italy in the eighteenth century.
1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 121 The young one lit a cigarette, a yellow one with maize paper.
1992 Times 15 Aug. 10/6 The Euro health police have just killed Boyards, those fat, acrid fags, usually wrapped in yellow maize paper.
maize smut n. = corn-smut n. at corn n.1 Compounds 4.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Maize-smut.
1953 F. T. Brooks Plant Dis. (ed. 2) xiii. 249 Maize smut occurs wherever the host is cultivated extensively.
1978 Physiol. Plant Pathol. 12 93 (title) The host-parasite physiology of the maize smut fungus.
maize thief n. U.S. (now historical) = maize-bird n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius
maize thief1772
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
red-winged starling1729
red-winged blackbird?1769
maize thief1772
redwing1778
red-winged oriole1785
red-winged troopial1825
redwing blackbird1830
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
swamp blackbird1891
officer1902
1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 372 The laws of Pensylvania..have settled a premium of three-pence a dozen for dead maize thieves.
1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 9 Red-winged maize-bird... Maize-thief.
1914 E. H. Eaton Birds N.Y. II. 232 In the early days of the country the Redwing was called the maize thief from his depredations upon the cornfield.
maize yellow adj. and n. (of) a yellow like that of maize.
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1841 H. Grote Let. 10 June in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 8 I was..dressed in maize yellow gown with blonde trimming.
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 607 Light ochre yellow, maize yellow to dark gold ochre yellow.
1922 E. E. Wehr Synopsis of Syrphidae Nebraska 22 in University Stud. (Univ. Nebraska) 22 128 Chrysotoxum currani... Abdomen shining black, with maize yellow bands.
2002 A. H. Wright Life-hist. Frogs Okefinokee Swamp 46 Tadpole without black crest margins or lateral band; belly white, cartridge buff or yellow to maize yellow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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